A New Cambrian Explosion Site in China
The Guardian reports HERE that a site with beautifully preserved fossils dated at 518 million years BP has been found in Hubei province in Central China. This is 10 million years older than the Burgess Shale site in Canada. And pictures suggest it is easier to get to than the mountain-girt Canadian site.
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| Palaeontologists digging on the banks of the Danshui river, Hubei province, China. Photograph: Dong King Fu / Science / AAAS. Note the bridge in the background.
So far 4,351 fossils have been found, 101 species found, of which 53 are new to science. Unfortunately the links in the Guardians article lead to the journal Science, which is not open to non-subscribers, but no doubt we will be hearing more from this newly discovered site.
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| A fossilised kinorhynch, otherwise known as a mud dragon. Photograph: Supplied |
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